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I would add Phillip Graves of this year's senior class to that list.

People, please be kind......

10. Show class and poise after the game. When the contest ends, shake the hands of opponents and show gratitude to your fans and supporters. Wow, it's too bad our lame duck never learned that. I have a feeling that the kids that bolted to the tunnel before the Alma Mater was played have done that for the last time. I wonder what meangreenpop is going to do with his "sulk and sob" speech now.

If so, is this officially our new sweatshirt?

CaribbeanGreen, Are you fishing for some kind of award for actually having read through one of Plumm's posts? C'mon, please admit you bought the Cliff's Notes. You're making me worry.

Where is Bazaldua? Nick is living at his mother's home in Desoto, working, and saving money for when he goes back to school. He has recently gotten engaged, and is contemplating where to pursue his graduate studies. His Rhodes Scholarship is good for pretty much any college on the planet.

NO! Center Ryan Tucker, guard J.P. McFarland, linebacker Jay Davern and tackle Billy Thompson were charged with felony assault for the May 11 beating of a TCU student outside a Fort Worth bar. Sullivan pissed off a lot of people by keeping those players on the team while letting "justice run it's course". They practically beat the kid to death outside Duke's Hi Hat Lounge on Berry Street, and he knew they wouldn't be sentenced until after the season. His last team was crappy(1 & 10), so crappy that the only team they would manage to beat that season was an SMU team that had you-know-who as offensive coordinator. The next season, Dennis Francione was able to take the same team to the Sun Bowl and beat USC.

C'mon guys, the majority of the kids were wearing black jerseys because they were going along with their team leaders. Those people are leaders because they are personally close to their coach. (Remember, to most of these kids Dickey is that nice man who came into mommy's livingroom and said he would pay for their college when nobody else would) I think it's almost fitting that Dickey lost to a bad team during his "childish antics" game. The black shirt thing really doesn't bother me at all. Now, the young men dressed in those uniforms that sprinted to exit before the Brigade played the alma mater is another matter. Freshman Marquis Sykes, Freshman Tyler Bailey, Freshman Bryant Seidle, and Sophmore Casey Fitzgerald, well, they will have some explaining to do if they pull that crap in front of a college coach that actually gives a damn.

I was only pointing out how tight the timeframe is, even with the early termination. Hiring a staff isn't instantanious either. Isn't National Signing Day the first week of February? That's not a lot of time to work with, especially considering there are a couple of weeks of 'dead time' while no contact is allowed with recruits.

Maybe Dickey was punishing the team (and himself) for poor performance. ____________________________________________________________________ Hill's decal ploy works to perfection By Matt James / The Fresno Bee 11/16/06 04:53:20 On Saturday, if you were one of those who found something else to do, Fresno State played its first football game in 30 years without mascot decals on their helmets. Coach Pat Hill, after conferring with his players during the week, had the Bulldogs stickers pulled off the helmets. The idea was that the Bulldogs hadn't earned the right to wear the decals. They hadn't been playing the kind of football Fresno State had become accustomed to playing, so they were being shamed.

OK people I'll state this again. BY STATE LAW, THE JOB OPENING HAS TO BE POSTED FOR 30 DAYS BEFORE SOMEONE CAN BE HIRED. There has to be time for a new coach to assemble a staff and start recruiting before the recruiting dead period starts. If we waited until to fire someone, and the replacement couldn't be hired until January, we would have potentially crippled recruiting for this year and had to settle for a class of substandard players that would be around for the next five years. It's not lollipops and rainbows, but it has to be done that way.

Jamario wasn't familiar with the offense during his freshman year. When a hole wasn't opem he'd usually rely on instinct and instantly bounce the play outside. His only problem now is that he follows the gameplan much better. Think how productive Woody was when he was improvising and we were hearing that he wasn't following the gameplan. What happened to his productivity as he conformed to the system? Let's face facts, our opponents know our system as well as we do. It's when a variable is introduced that they get burned. Jamario will do fine in 2007.

Or, after Wednesday's game, how 'bout The House of Guano!

TAKE THE MEDICAL REDSHIRT YEAR! Do not burn a year of eligibility to play a few games at the end of the season while rehabilitating.

Joe got the "Mean Joe Greene" name only after he was a top pick of the Steelers. A Pittsburg sportswriter was confused and thought the nickname Mean Green was a refernece to Joe Greene. The headline read Steelers Draft "Mean Joe" Greene. The rest is history.

Johnny Jones' Flying Cicus

HELLO REDSHIRT YEAR!

Wait a second. Those jackels were not the problem, people are always going to anxiously speculate when there is a coaching vacancy, and many are going to second guess any decision that they think anybody may be contemplating. There is a lot of anxiety and excitement with every bit of information that's revealed. Sorry, but this sounds more like somebody was rushed and didn't word a post the way he/she really would have wanted, and the result came accross as sounding mean spirited. Certainly nobody is owed anything throughout this process, but it would be unfortunate to let a simple faux pas stand in the way of distribution of relevant information.

Just out of curiosity, did you actually read the post that you're refuting?

I'm concerned his antics would be a lightning rod for negative publicity. I'm a true-blue Oiler fan, but even I foresee that Jerry Glanville would be more concerned with his carnival sideshow than he would be with building the program.

Look at this 2 ways. I think one of those two guys will be a very successful college coach within the next couple of years. I don't think it'll be Glanville.

I don't think it's possible to answer this poll correctly without first knowing if Rick is friends with Todd Dodge.

"You know... you know when you're telling these little stories? Here's a good idea: have a point. It makes it so much more interesting for the listener!"

No, Dickey didn't have enough control of the helmet logos....think about, four conference championships and bowl games with the cursive North Texas logo, ...and... five forgetable losing seasons when using the other logos. Coincidence, I think not.

I would have told you nicely, but noooooooooooo............... Maybe I am making it all up. Let me know in two years. Have fun waiting.